Word: ticket
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...adage that defense wins championships is true, then the Harvard women’s soccer team just might punch its second straight ticket to the NCAA Tournament this season...
...Allen is a first in another way: she's the first President of the U.S. whose party status is independent -- a university chancellor recruited to give media attention to a G.O.P. ticket. Well, that's convenient, right? TV is a numbers game: Why alienate half the audience? But Commander in Chief doesn't seem to be worried about neutrality. Its bad guys are all Republicans, from the vile Speaker of the House Nathan Templeton (Donald Sutherland) to the White House staff members who urge Allen to resign, saying the world is not ready for a painted fingernail on the nuclear...
...going to lose $10 billion this year, but the government is taking $15.2 billion in special aviation taxes and fees. If the industry were to pay only one-third of its taxes for 2005, it might break even! Few passengers realize that more than 20% of the average $200 ticket is taxes and fees. The government is hooked on those revenues like a junkie and can't seem to get off. Even today, one Florida Congressman is advocating more security fees for airline passengers. With that kind of wrongheaded legislation, it's no wonder Congress bears a huge responsibility...
...Gulfstream jet pay a fair share to use the same services? And why should everyday passengers pay for an airport that no commercial airline can ever serve? It's unfair that airline security costs (to protect our citizens from attack from the air) are paid for predominantly by passenger ticket taxes. Since everyone benefits, why not use some of the revenue collected from everyone on April 15? Lastly, we must remove political influence on day-to-day operations. Get the government out of the business of regulating minutiae like "peanut-free" zones on some flights, as was attempted some time...
...prematurely white-haired leader of the House conservative caucus, set the stage for a tense week for the two ends of Pennsylvania Avenue when he declared Sunday on ABC?s ?This Week? that to offset the cost of Katrina relief, ?We've got to talk about big ticket items.? He said the nation ?simply cannot break the bank of the federal budget that is currently running about an $8 trillion national debt, about $26,000 per family.? While House Republican leaders do not necessarily disagree with Pence, they have been publicly supportive of the White House. Pence?s official biography...